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<blockquote data-quote="giant.robot" data-source="post: 5293190" data-attributes="member: 93119">If you think you and your players will enjoy it by all means give 4E another shot. Keep in mind though it is not going to play like previous editions. If you're playing 4E like you'd play Pathfinder or 3.5E you're going to have a really hard time.For starters healing and staying conscious in general is a bit different in 4E. Judicious use of your second wind will help you stay alive even when the party healer can't help you immediately. Players need to be aware of how many monster attacks will happen between their subsequent turns. If the number of potential monster attacks times the average attack damage is higher than a character's HP or they're surrounded they really should use their second wind.Players should also be aware of and be willing to play their character's combat role. The leader shouldn't be ignoring hurt characters to get in an extra swipe of their sword. The controller should be helping to wrangle the monsters that the defenders can't/aren't handling. As the DM know monster roles and classifications.&nbsp; Also as the DM you should also be ready and willing to scale encounters to your party's skill level. If the players are having a hard time and not having fun scale back encounters. Switch out some soldiers for minions or throw some combat advantage at the characters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="giant.robot, post: 5293190, member: 93119"] If you think you and your players will enjoy it by all means give 4E another shot. Keep in mind though it is not going to play like previous editions. If you're playing 4E like you'd play Pathfinder or 3.5E you're going to have a really hard time. For starters healing and staying conscious in general is a bit different in 4E. Judicious use of your second wind will help you stay alive even when the party healer can't help you immediately. Players need to be aware of how many monster attacks will happen between their subsequent turns. If the number of potential monster attacks times the average attack damage is higher than a character's HP or they're surrounded they really should use their second wind. Players should also be aware of and be willing to play their character's combat role. The leader shouldn't be ignoring hurt characters to get in an extra swipe of their sword. The controller should be helping to wrangle the monsters that the defenders can't/aren't handling. As the DM know monster roles and classifications. Also as the DM you should also be ready and willing to scale encounters to your party's skill level. If the players are having a hard time and not having fun scale back encounters. Switch out some soldiers for minions or throw some combat advantage at the characters. [/QUOTE]

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